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Xstrata-Glencore merger to be decided Sep 7

Giant miner Xstrata has set Sep. 7 as the day for its shareholders to vote on the $26 billion takeover by Glencore, giving the commodities trader six weeks to reach an agreement on the conditions.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 11, 2012 | 11:00 am

Goldcorp lowers guidance due to drought and production delays

Goldcorp, the world's second-largest gold miner, said expected gold production would drop 8% due to problems at Peñasquito and Red Lake.

Michael Allan McCrae | July 11, 2012 | 5:08 am

Adaptive E-Learning is the Future of Higher Education

As the Conversation reports, Dror Ben-Naim says that adaptive e-learning will be the future of higher education and will replace the common […]

Susanne Iberle | July 10, 2012 | 11:39 pm

North American Palladium’s $43 million debt offering

In order to increase production and reduce cost per ounce at its flagship Lac des Iles mine, North American Palladium (TSE:PDL) is raising Can$43 million on a bought deal basis for capital expenditures.

Michael Allan McCrae | July 10, 2012 | 11:02 pm

China data upsets markets, gold

Worries about China and the possibility of a hard landing weighed on markets and commodities.

Michael Allan McCrae | July 10, 2012 | 10:27 pm

The real fiscal cliff

The media is now fixated on an apparently new feature dominating the economic landscape: a "fiscal cliff" from which the United States will fall in January 2013.

Peter Schiff - Euro Pacific Precious Metals | July 10, 2012 | 8:54 pm

REE stocks are down but not out: Siddharth Rajeev

Equity investing is squarely in a risk-off phase and few sectors have been hit harder than junior mining.

The Critical Metals Report | July 10, 2012 | 8:35 pm

Meteor crater in Greenland could yield nickel riches

Vancouver junior, North American Nickel (CVE:NAN), said that its Greenland property is the remains of a gigantic, three-billion-year-old meteorite impact, and displays a similar geological formation found in the Sudbury Basin.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 10, 2012 | 7:29 pm

Fitch gives Codelco an A+

Codelco possess 9% of the world's known copper reserves and the A+ rating reflects Codelco's total ownership by the Government of Chile and its strategic importance to the country.

Joshua Zapf | July 10, 2012 | 6:39 pm

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